{"id":338734,"date":"2024-08-07T14:45:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=338734"},"modified":"2024-08-07T14:45:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:45:22","slug":"biological-realities-what-matters-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=338734","title":{"rendered":"Biological Realities \u2013 What Matters (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"338735\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=338735\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?fit=2048%2C1366&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1366\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Shutterstock&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Cheilinus undulatus, maori wrasse humphead fish in australia&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695513600&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright (c) 2023 phmarcosborsatto\/Shutterstock.  No use without permission.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Cheilinus,Undulatus,,Maori,Wrasse,Humphead,Fish,In,Australia&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cheilinus,Undulatus,,Maori,Wrasse,Humphead,Fish,In,Australia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cheilinus undulatus, maori wrasse humphead fish in australia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-338735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cheilinus undulatus, maori wrasse humphead fish in australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/jennifermarohasy.com\/2024\/08\/biological-realities-what-matters-part-1\/\">Jennifer Marohasy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jennifermarohasy.com\/author\/jennifer\/\">jennifer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Humphead wrasse,&nbsp;<em>Chelinus undulatus,<\/em>&nbsp;is the largest extant member of the family Labridae. &nbsp;Males are typically larger than females and can reach over 2 meters in length \u2013 weighing up to 190 kg. Females rarely grow larger than one meter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is something about nature, and how it organises itself that males within a species tend to be larger and stronger and with a different role within the population.&nbsp; &nbsp;Protection from predation is a real issue, at coral reef and also within, and between, populations of&nbsp;<em>Homo sapiens<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 my species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historically, within populations of my species it is the men who go to war \u2013 and if they come back victorious, as the leader, they will stay the leader. &nbsp;&nbsp;There is a chance their daughter may take over from them \u2013 if not their wife or vice president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women tend to find power through proximity.&nbsp; There is a basis for this in our biological differences that are very significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, cultural norms can change relatively quickly \u2013 but not biology.&nbsp; And to deny biology, like denying the rewriting of our historical temperature records, is dangerous. There will always be an evolutionary advantage in specialisation, and so successful families, communities and nations are those who look after their offspring and ensure their capacity to flourish and to reproduce.&nbsp;&nbsp; The is nothing more fundamental to the success of a civilization, or a population of fishes, than the capacity to reproduce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is not to say that kindness does not matter, but it needs to be understood within the real world that is replete with predation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#sizematters #everyoneofmyancestorsreproduced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Humphead wrasse, Chelinus undulatus, is the largest extant member of the family Labridae.  Males are typically larger than females and can reach over 2 meters in length \u2013 weighing up to 190 kg. Females rarely grow larger than one meter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":338735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691830023,691830022,691830024],"class_list":["post-338734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-coral-reef","tag-humphead-wrasse-chelinus-undulatus","tag-predation","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1q7s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":339213,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339213","url_meta":{"origin":338734,"position":0},"title":"Biological Realities \u2013 What Matters (Part 2)","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/11\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I always get up early, but this is the first morning I\u2019ve turned the Olympics on. Channel 9 on live television, the commentators are reporting very excitedly about the events that the Australians athletes are in, and after that everything \u2013 except the boxing. The boxing so far, this morning,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"biological reality\"","block_context":{"text":"biological reality","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=biological-reality"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":331996,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=331996","url_meta":{"origin":338734,"position":1},"title":"More Agriculture, Supersized Fish, Best Dive Site \u2013 The Yongala","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/07\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Misinformation abounds when it comes to the environment \u2013 and what makes it tick, especially at the Great Barrier Reef. There is this mantra, this insisting from some that there is no impact from agriculture \u2013 while there is this mantra, this insisting from the mainstream institutions and most recently\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Australian Institute of Marine Science\"","block_context":{"text":"Australian Institute of Marine Science","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=australian-institute-of-marine-science"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0Feature-2048x1287-2.png?fit=1200%2C754&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0Feature-2048x1287-2.png?fit=1200%2C754&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0Feature-2048x1287-2.png?fit=1200%2C754&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0Feature-2048x1287-2.png?fit=1200%2C754&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0Feature-2048x1287-2.png?fit=1200%2C754&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":337247,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=337247","url_meta":{"origin":338734,"position":2},"title":"In Search of Bump Heads","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"07\/23\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The first time I saw a group of them I was far to the east of the Great Barrier Reef, beyond Australia\u2019s continental shelf, 15 metres underwater at Bougainville Reef that rises as a platform in the northern Coral Sea.","rel":"","context":"In \"Bolbometopon muricatum\"","block_context":{"text":"Bolbometopon muricatum","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=bolbometopon-muricatum"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Tobi-221A0677-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Tobi-221A0677-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Tobi-221A0677-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Tobi-221A0677-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0Tobi-221A0677-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":337545,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=337545","url_meta":{"origin":338734,"position":3},"title":"In Search of Mega Rays &amp; Manta Rays","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"07\/25\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I was diving at Wreck Beach Reef, Great Keppel Island, last Friday and I managed to photograph a Blue Spotted Fan Ray (Taeniura lyenma) \u2013a regular stingray in the family Dasyatidae except with blue spots!","rel":"","context":"In \"Great Keppel Island\"","block_context":{"text":"Great Keppel Island","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=great-keppel-island"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0shutterstock_1694474497-copy-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0shutterstock_1694474497-copy-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0shutterstock_1694474497-copy-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0shutterstock_1694474497-copy-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0shutterstock_1694474497-copy-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":442330,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=442330","url_meta":{"origin":338734,"position":4},"title":"How a Massive Miocene Reef Boom Created \u2014 and Now Warns \u2014 the World\u2019s Richest Marine Hotspot","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/02\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Miocene epoch (especially the Early to Middle Miocene, ~23\u201311.6 million years ago) saw one of the most significant expansions of coral reefs in the Cenozoic era, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region. This boom helped establish the foundations of modern reef biodiversity in the Coral Triangle. Researchers describe it as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Coral reefs\"","block_context":{"text":"Coral reefs","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=coral-reefs"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-How-a-Massive-Miocene-Reef-Boom-Created-%E2%80%94-and-Now-Warns-%E2%80%94-the-Worlds-Richest-Marine-Hotspot.jpg?fit=1168%2C784&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-How-a-Massive-Miocene-Reef-Boom-Created-%E2%80%94-and-Now-Warns-%E2%80%94-the-Worlds-Richest-Marine-Hotspot.jpg?fit=1168%2C784&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-How-a-Massive-Miocene-Reef-Boom-Created-%E2%80%94-and-Now-Warns-%E2%80%94-the-Worlds-Richest-Marine-Hotspot.jpg?fit=1168%2C784&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-How-a-Massive-Miocene-Reef-Boom-Created-%E2%80%94-and-Now-Warns-%E2%80%94-the-Worlds-Richest-Marine-Hotspot.jpg?fit=1168%2C784&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0-How-a-Massive-Miocene-Reef-Boom-Created-%E2%80%94-and-Now-Warns-%E2%80%94-the-Worlds-Richest-Marine-Hotspot.jpg?fit=1168%2C784&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":283662,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283662","url_meta":{"origin":338734,"position":5},"title":"Polar bear researchers hiding significant increase in Southern Hudson Bay numbers","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/17\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Good news of the polar bear population blaming fear mongering reports. From polarbearscience Last December, researchers vigorously\u00a0promoted\u00a0a possible 27% decline in Western Hudson Bay (WH) polar bear abundance but kept hidden the fact that adjacent Southern Hudson Bay (SH) numbers\u00a0increased\u00a0by 30% over the same period. And surprise, surprise: the bombshell\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate change\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate change","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Simon-Gee-9879-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Simon-Gee-9879-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Simon-Gee-9879-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Simon-Gee-9879-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Simon-Gee-9879-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/00phmarcosborsatto_2366116893-copy-2.jpg?fit=2048%2C1366&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/121246920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=338734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338738,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338734\/revisions\/338738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/338735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=338734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=338734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=338734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}